Jérome Flous, technical director, said that Faively didn’t really chaptalize 2017, but to do so, it had to wait in harvesting to reach sufficient sugars.
There’s little more new oak than other vintages, he said, because the tannic structure wasn’t fully ripe.
Yields were 40-42 hl/ha on average average.
The Amoureuses (specified as Joseph Faiveley below) is a négociant wine; the rest are estate (Domaine Faiveley). (Continue reading here.)